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Budget Shotgun Mic?
Hello
So I just won a NJB3 on eBay as a start to getting decent recording gear on a budget. I'm pretty set on the Sound Devices MixPre which I can buy locally for $650CDN. As for the mic, I was recommened the Sennheiser K6 as a good starter for under $1000CDN (think $800US). I would be using this to build a sound library at the moment, but it should still be good enough quality to use for work purposes as well until I can afford something much better. Changeable capsules would be preferred. Is anyone using the AKG ULS or Blue Line? Has anyone compared the quality between these and the K6 line? What other brands/mics might I look at? Hope you don't mind me posting this here too! Thank you, JarrettH |
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wrote: Hello So I just won a NJB3 on eBay as a start to getting decent recording gear on a budget. I'm pretty set on the Sound Devices MixPre which I can buy locally for $650CDN. As for the mic, I was recommened the Sennheiser K6 as a good starter for under $1000CDN (think $800US). I would be using this to build a sound library at the moment, but it should still be good enough quality to use for work purposes as well until I can afford something much better. Changeable capsules would be preferred. Is anyone using the AKG ULS or Blue Line? Has anyone compared the quality between these and the K6 line? What other brands/mics might I look at? Hope you don't mind me posting this here too! Why a shotgun of all things? If you're trying to get dialogue out of the muck, a used Sennheiser 416 is your best buy. But for general effects gathering, a shotgun is the last thing I would pick. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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"Ty Ford" wrote:
Audio Technica AT897 Is that recommendation budget related? I think the Sennheiser in that class sounds much better and is much more reliable. Our AT's break down frequently and I'm not a big fan of the way they sound when they're working. -- "It CAN'T be too loud... some of the red lights aren't even on yet!" - Lorin David Schultz in the control room making even bad news sound good (Remove spamblock to reply) |
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On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:57:50 -0500, Lorin David Schultz wrote
(in article 27vjd.73461$VA5.70792@clgrps13): "Ty Ford" wrote: Audio Technica AT897 Is that recommendation budget related? I think the Sennheiser in that class sounds much better and is much more reliable. Our AT's break down frequently and I'm not a big fan of the way they sound when they're working. Lorin, 1. Yes. 2. Which ATs breakdown and how? 3. Some battery powered mics and some cameras with phantom power can create an antagonistic situation in which the mic sounds better on battery than it does on phantom power. Regards, Ty Ford -- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric stuff are at www.tyford.com |
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"Ty Ford" wrote:
2. Which ATs breakdown and how? Dunno the model... short shotgun. Physically coming apart at the horizontal seam, suddenly going all tinny sounding, and occasionally just dropping dead. And I repeat, even when they're working they don't sound all that great compared to the cheap Sennheisers. Bear in mind we treat these things like ****, but you never heard of an ME80 falling apart in the field and no one was ever nice to those either. All this despite feeling like twice the weight of an ME66... -- "It CAN'T be too loud... some of the red lights aren't even on yet!" - Lorin David Schultz in the control room making even bad news sound good (Remove spamblock to reply) |
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"Ty Ford" wrote:
2. Which ATs breakdown and how? Dunno the model... short shotgun. Physically coming apart at the horizontal seam, suddenly going all tinny sounding, and occasionally just dropping dead. And I repeat, even when they're working they don't sound all that great compared to the cheap Sennheisers. Bear in mind we treat these things like ****, but you never heard of an ME80 falling apart in the field and no one was ever nice to those either. All this despite feeling like twice the weight of an ME66... -- "It CAN'T be too loud... some of the red lights aren't even on yet!" - Lorin David Schultz in the control room making even bad news sound good (Remove spamblock to reply) |
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